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Date: 02-19-2021

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United States of America v. Joe Anthony Ramirez

Case Number: 5:19-cr-00185-FB

Judge: Fred Biery

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Bexar County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office

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Description: San Antonio, Texas drug charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Joe Anthony Ramirez, age 35, who was charged with supplying heroin for distribution throughout San Antonio.

On August 13, 2019, Ramirez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. By pleading guilty, Ramirez admitted that he supplied heroin to two separate drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) – his own (Ramirez DTO) and the Sanchez DTO led by Andrew Sanchez, aka “Freight” and “Hakeem.”

From May 2018 to March 2019, the Sanchez DTO was responsible for the distribution of heroin on the east side of San Antonio. The Sanchez DTO operated daily from about 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m. as a full-scale delivery service for heroin to the street-level user. The organization members worked shifts in the various roles. Ramirez’s own DTO, which included his dad and brother, distributed heroin and cocaine throughout the entire San Antonio area.

In November 2019, Judge Biery sentenced Sanchez to 15 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. To date, 12 individuals associated with the organizations Ramirez supplied have been convicted and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 41 months to 180 months.

The DEA and the Texas Department of Public Safety investigated this case with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, Seguin Police Department, Terrell Hills Police Department and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eric Fuchs and Fidel Esparza III prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering operations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.

Outcome: Defendant sentenced to 180 months imprisonment on

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